La Boussac
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 24.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 10 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
La Boussac (INSEE 35034) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CC du Pays de Dol et de la Baie du Mont Saint-Michel. Population 1,271 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/35034-la-boussac
Vitality score
Vitality score 24.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 10 % of the 12,856 communes of a similar size.
Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.
Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.
| Component | Value (0–1) | Weight | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daily food | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.2 | 10 | 1.97 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.9 | 10 | 8.98 |
| Housing mix | 0.76 | 5 | 3.81 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SABINE MARIO, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA BOUSSAC AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE LA BOUSSAC). [3]
1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | SABINE MARIO, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA BOUSSAC AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE LA BOUSSAC | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 1,146 (2012) → 1,271 (2023): 10.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 909 (1990) → 1,271 (2023): 39.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 716, of which 11.9 % second homes and 13.4 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Trans-la-Forêt): 5.7 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Dol-de-Bretagne): 6.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
GP (La Boussac): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Dol-de-Bretagne): 7.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (La Boussac): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 37 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the DOL-DE-BRETAGNE weather station, 6.5 km away at 19 m; the village itself is at 38 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at DOL-DE-BRETAGNE, 6.5 km away at 19 m, over 11 summers. [11]
An average of 889 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at BROUALAN, 3.4 km away at 99 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
What property sold for
95 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 150,000 € — 1,454 € per m² of built surface. [12]
The median across Ille-et-Vilaine is 2,168 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [12]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35034/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35034/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35034/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35034/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 35339
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 35095
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 35034
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
Villages like this one
Matched on size, density, second homes and which everyday shops and services are present — not on the score, so a village of the same kind that is doing better or worse shows up rather than being hidden.
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montesquieu-des-Albères | 66 | 754 km SE | 1,353 | 24.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 5 % · winter 66 % · humidity 21 % |
| Saint-Maurice-la-Souterraine | 23 | 346 km SE | 1,116 | 17.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Val-du-Mignon | 79 | 273 km S | 1,092 | 33.9 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 89 % |
| Diges | 89 | 386 km E | 1,052 | 19.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 % |
| Baigts-de-Béarn | 64 | 560 km S | 855 | 27.1 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 95 % · humidity 0 % |
| Vaux | 03 | 395 km SE | 1,165 | 31.3 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Val-du-Mignon | 79 | 273 km S | 1,092 | 33.9 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 89 % |
| Saint-Maurice-la-Souterraine | 23 | 346 km SE | 1,116 | 17.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Diges | 89 | 386 km E | 1,052 | 19.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vaux | 03 | 395 km SE | 1,165 | 31.3 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 % |
| Baigts-de-Béarn | 64 | 560 km S | 855 | 27.1 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 95 % · humidity 0 % |
| Montesquieu-des-Albères | 66 | 754 km SE | 1,353 | 24.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 5 % · winter 66 % · humidity 21 % |
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…and in much the same climate
The same match on size and services, narrowed to communes whose summers, winters and summer humidity are all close to La Boussac's. All three are required, so this section is absent for the 11.8 % of communes with no humidity station near enough to measure: two temperature axes alone cannot tell a muggy coast from a dry one.
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orval sur Sienne | 50 | 57 km N | 1,233 | 23.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Rivière | 62 | 368 km NE | 1,123 | 24.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Henvic | 29 | 167 km W | 1,181 | 33.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Fraimbault-de-Prières | 53 | 82 km E | 926 | 24.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Locunolé | 29 | 149 km SW | 1,177 | 26.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Blimont | 80 | 294 km NE | 883 | 31.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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